Alex Rawlings - How to learn and maintain multiple foreign languages

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[@amarifz]

*haw do we learn a language؟ 1 set realistic goals. 2 get materials to work with. 3 allocate time. 4 review 5 keep constant track of your progress. 6 make changes. * how do we speak a language 1 locate resources. - find a way to practice the language. 2 find a teacher who knows how to do error correction. 3 cultural contact. * how do we keep speaking a language 1 integrate language learning into your life - visit the country where it's spoken -consider spending long amount of time in an immersive environment . - consider relocation - remote immersive - reduce the amount you use your L 1 . - read / watch TV / listen to the news . - exclusively in other languages.

[@memully]

amari yahia And start communicating orally in the language as soon as possible.

[@amarifz]

possible any time you wont+memully

[@snowpawzvideos]

Great list.

[@linguaphile9415]

The main reason why not many people are polyglots is because it takes a lot of time and you need motivation, not from a wish of impressing others or boasting about your skills, but from a genuine love towards languages. You need to sit down and do it, be aware of your progression and don't have yourself be let down when you don't see a development. It just takes time. Be patient and enjoy the process, enjoy new structures, sounds, and later on literature, movies, cultural stuff. If you feel frustrated, go and get yourself a cup of tea or coffee, have a walk, recline and go back to your learning later. And remind yourself: It takes time.

[@christinaschulz131]

What an incredibly true and wise comment. Thank you. :-)

[@linguaphile9415]

+Christina Schulz Gerne. :)

[@saranovak]

+Linguaphile you are totally right!

[@snowpawzvideos]

I think many polyglots have Aspergers syndrome. Meaning. They're obsessed with it. Meaning they aren't impatience. Instead of playing video games all day for joy, they find joy in studying linguistics. Then again, they could enjoy studying anything, asperger's children. I have Asperger's & this is why I like it. I do get frustrated sometimes when I feel defeated; but what makes me feel good is speaking with a native speaker & them saying I've done good. I feel a little crappy because I've been learning Filipino for a year but I've seen other people whom are really good in idk, Japanese, & have been learning for only Half. . - . The way to enjoy it Is to not see it as a chore.

[@Ice.muffin]

+Linguaphile Sh*t, that must be the best advice I've heard from someone regarding language learning. I have no idea who you are, but you certainly know what you're talking about. Honestly mister, I'm impressed.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

I first tried to learn French 35 years ago, with evening classes, and then lived in Montreal for two years. I didn’t do very well, because I didn’t understand the process of learning a language, and I was self conscious. Alex is right, you don’t do classes and expect the teacher to do the work for you. And in my opinion group classes are pointless. Today we have so many resources available including language apps, spaced repetition apps and podcasts.

[@storylearning]

Great talk, Alex! :)

[@nathanpiazza9644]

He's such a great speaker, I've never gotten bored during one of his presentations

[@ignaescribano]

Thank you for sharing it guys. You all are amazing motivators for everyone interested in learning languages.

[@LanguageBoost01]

Great talk indeed, thanks for uploading!

[@Jeza2907]

Thank you Alex! Thank you for share your experience with us! and give all this motivation and tools!!! Very good speech!

[@polyglotdreams]

This presentation came up as a suggestion and I found it very informative. Thanks Alex.

[@saranovak]

KEEP SPEAKING&LISTENING THE LANGUAGE - that's the key ! Great video

[@cesarangulo1402]

excellent examples of the corrections method, it is just my case of every monday lessons, I will apply the new focus! thank you

[@weidu5293]

Thank you very much, Alex. I enjoyed your presentation very much. I am enlightened a lot

[@littleblackdress8650]

I love this!!

[@tw3ak1t9]

Intricate and interesting, thanks.

[@collegesuccess]

25:14 min. mark: How to create immersion when you are not in your target language's environment! Excellent topic and presentation here! Cheers!

[@parquetman]

Awesome tips given by the british multilingual Alex Rawlings, directly from the most important polyglot conference! By the way, it was really nice to watch a brazilian over there (33:08)! Thanks for sharing ;)

[@polyglottebotukala3692]

Keep doing what you are doing!

[@spanishconyolanda3814]

Thanks a lot for yr tips, they're very useful, I'.m learning russian and that helps me quite a lot.

[@marytracy5288]

*Very Informative Video Thanks. The Reviews Is Very Useful To Me Thanks.*

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[@davidcoria9264]

Hi I am deaf. I am very miserable. There is no subtitle on this video! ( frustrating)

[@MrRedmatrixlone]

The Brazilian guy was the first one to talk,

[@emoutraspalavras-marloncou4459]

Obrigado pelas palavras!

[@RazorAgent007]

Молодец, Алекс!

[@orangew3988]

I think it's interesting that he says in secondary schools we are all guilty of expecting too much of our teachers (I.e. That they will teach us a language) but I think this is unfair on your average 12yo, who actually, didn't ask to be taught French and on the whole, has no real motivation to learn the language. School languages are not the same as learning a language, it's like any other lesson in school, doing just enough to pass the exams and have your teachers not be disappointed in you.

[@Matthew-fj6eu]

Couldn’t agree more with ya, this only applies to the teachers who are in a language school (not ordinary school) who’s students are the one who wanted to learn the language

[@irenemcnamara9699]

I am having a lag in studying languages. I am trying to learn French, but am not very successful with it. For now I am going to continue with my Russian and other languages, something that I already know.

[@memully]

As a language teacher I totally agree with the comment made at 10:15

[@vanhoang-ju2bd]

I think i love she whom could to speaks 9 languages,she is very great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Hansruedi2011]

awesome

[@adolfoivanlopezperalta3375]

Se me hace muy interesante esta persona polyglota que a su corta edad tenga ese conocimiento

[@user-ng3rq8vd9y]

Good.

[@mardenmarinho2260]

What is the main motivation which he talks about in 22:52? I don't understood the verb.

[@joleenschroder328]

It was to learn Hungarian. He just made a joke about not being ashamed of it because some of the people at that conference had also relocated "only" to learn a language.

[@rubycane1806]

i recall putting my sat nav in japanese!

[@renedupont1953]

The teacher's so-called Yiddish is strictly "from hunger". She has a distinct foreign (English) accent and no authentic Yiddish phraseology. She says "ikh lern klasn" = I teach classes, which is absolutely wrong. In authentic Yiddish one says IKH FIR-ON MIT KURSN or, on the university level, IKH LEYEN LEKTSYES. She seems to be teaching here, there and everywhere, and she's barely a beginner. As far as Yiddish intonation is concerned, she doesn't even know what it is. The young man is well-intentioned, but he won't get very far with a teacher who is unaware of her own incompetence. His little speech is not representative of Yiddish; however, it does resemble Yiddish more than it does Japanese (a little humor). In Yiddish you can say IKH KNEL IDESH MIT TALMIDIM. That's a wonderful traditional Yiddish sentence. In many instances, unfortunately, the teaching of Yiddish is presently on the rock-bottom level. LOMIR HOFN, AZ MESHIAKH VET KUMEN INGIKHN, UN IDESH-LOSHN VET UFGIRIKHT VERN.

[@magnanilanguages154]

When I hear about polyglots I'm always kind of ashamed that I only speak 3 languages fluently...

[@Frommoonlightwithlove]

I speak 5 but I am still ashamed

[@BorsosGabor2023]

What's the point of being able to chat 12 languages? I speak my mother tongue,and that's enough. I don't want to be a translator.

[@lubu2960]

@@BorsosGabor2023 depends of the language, but learning engish open so much books, movies, games, forums. If you learn the 12 most spoken languages you have at your disposal an incredible amount of interesting things

[@caterinasalerno9825]

I don’t even speak 1 language fluently haha

[@Matthew-fj6eu]

@@BorsosGabor2023 it’s not about being a translator, some people just simply want to learn the culture and want to have a nice conversation also make friends from another country. Having the ability to speak another language opens doors you know

[@gogettergirl09]

37:16 what it means to be a polyglot! 😊

[@thegood9]

Gawd, I hope the conference upgraded their microphones to include Pop Filters since this 2014 conference. Good talk, but the pops are out of control. Also, the battery was running out towards the end. Ugh.

[@PolyglotConference]

A quick look at the videos from the latest conferences, also on this channel, should answer that question for you. You were looking at a video from the second year of the event, so it was really still in its infancy. We thought it was better to keep the information out there though, so people can still (hopefully) enjoy the content in spite of the sound issues.

[@thegood9]

@@PolyglotConference absolutely agree. I'm just glad to see such a great thing finally happening. You and yours are to be commended.

[@OnumLCT]

He is so posh

[@AdaptaFilms]

How can I learn Urdu? Would you kindly suggest some resources. Thank you.

[@fuchyerr]

teach yourself books

[@abdulhayelucman]

talk to a pakistani. although it would be easier if you know some persian as well since urdu uses a somewhat alphabet and the sounds of the alphabet/ huruf are the same. if you want I can help you

[@abubakar59]

AdaptaFilms what is your native language if German I taught you Urdu. and you ...

[@ElenaKomleva]

Russian, Serbian, Hungarian, Spanish, Arfikaahns, German... OMG how many languages does he speak?! :O I speak Russian, English, some French (because I am Russian living in Canada) and want to learn German and some Finno-Ugric language, because I have Finno-Ugric roots. (P.S. I heard that Afrikaans is basically a German dialect)

[@explorerpigeon8462]

Elena Komleva Afrikaans is more a dialect of dutch.

[@bakito792]

how we can learn from these conferences

[@barnbersonol]

Ironic how the polyglots get together ... then end up speaking English.

[@Matthew-fj6eu]

Umm, because it’s also going to be uploaded on KZbin?

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

It’s probably a foreign language for most of them and it is probably the only language they all know to a high level. The French don’t like it, but English is a lingua franca.

[@azatkochorbaev6760]

aferin

[@liderjustiniano9556]

Oh.....

[@datamanhardword3092]

Can you give me a slide, pls?

[@duiliodelimaalmeida9374]

this Marlon (33:00) sounds Arab and not Brazilian at all... or he´s really good at hiding is original accent

[@emoutraspalavras-marloncou4459]

Obrigado! :D

[@HiyayaHo]

There is one lady in the venue laughs like a mini-machine gun . So irritating!!

[@hannah-wi4hx]

the heartbeat his mic pics up is so annoying

[@chifayessaad437]

first of all u need to know why u wanna be a polyglot..?if u are passionated by languages...u need motivation and skills to achieve ur goal..but it's not enough ..u need to have a cultural back ground..and the technical methods..how we translate from one language to another....

[@3LAMESTUDIO]

1 hour per day?...bollocks...I studied Russian 6 hours everyday for 6 months...even saturdays and sundays,listening podcast...1 classic movie everyday,talking to myself,1 hour lesson with a teachr on skype,reading as much as possible...and now...Hell yes...I can state categorically that I achieved my goal... trust me...if you study 15 minutes everyday...you won't get anything...I'm sorry the more you work the better...it's always been like that.

[@theone4808]

Unless your still a school\college kid... Who the hell has 6 hours a day lmao

[@ritajn1689]

Good point : native speakers can be overrated :)

[@dannysze8183]

cute fuy

[@nathanpiazza9644]

whoever walked past the camera at 3:19 was HOT

[@globaldonnica6814]

Richard is correct .... the US does not have an official language ...

[@murimurimrui]

How to learn and maintain multiple foreign languages Just fucking do it. Also, learn other learning methods.

[@RJSyeah]

look at the girlies at 35:45

[@iMoMeNtuM77]

RJSyeah What about them?

[@rickrude2765]

Daniel Lourido I u were a real man u would understand

[@iMoMeNtuM77]

Rick Rude I take it you don't see a lot of girls in your life right? lol

[@iMoMeNtuM77]

Rick Rude Ewww I knew you were desperate, getting exited over normal looking girls on KZbin but doing my mom? yuck.

[@born68]

RJSyeah annnnnnnd you see hot women where in here lmfao.